diff --git a/fairmq/FairMQMessage.cxx b/fairmq/FairMQMessage.cxx
index f9b74f71..354faa91 100644
--- a/fairmq/FairMQMessage.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/FairMQMessage.cxx
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
  * FairMQMessage.cxx
  *
  * @since 2012-12-05
- * @author: D. Klein, A. Rybalchenko
+ * @author D. Klein, A. Rybalchenko
  */
diff --git a/fairmq/FairMQMessage.h b/fairmq/FairMQMessage.h
index 247e8670..6139e737 100644
--- a/fairmq/FairMQMessage.h
+++ b/fairmq/FairMQMessage.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * FairMQMessage.h
  *
  * @since 2012-12-05
- * @author: D. Klein, A. Rybalchenko
+ * @author D. Klein, A. Rybalchenko
  */
 
 #ifndef FAIRMQMESSAGE_H_
diff --git a/fairmq/nanomsg/FairMQMessageNN.cxx b/fairmq/nanomsg/FairMQMessageNN.cxx
index 3a8cee80..a0ac641b 100644
--- a/fairmq/nanomsg/FairMQMessageNN.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/nanomsg/FairMQMessageNN.cxx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * FairMQMessageNN.cxx
  *
  * @since 2013-12-05
- * @author: A. Rybalchenko
+ * @author A. Rybalchenko
  */
 
 #include <cstring>
diff --git a/fairmq/nanomsg/FairMQMessageNN.h b/fairmq/nanomsg/FairMQMessageNN.h
index 0a354ef3..b725a5d3 100644
--- a/fairmq/nanomsg/FairMQMessageNN.h
+++ b/fairmq/nanomsg/FairMQMessageNN.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * FairMQMessageNN.h
  *
  * @since 2013-12-05
- * @author: A. Rybalchenko
+ * @author A. Rybalchenko
  */
 
 #ifndef FAIRMQMESSAGENN_H_
diff --git a/fairmq/zeromq/FairMQMessageZMQ.cxx b/fairmq/zeromq/FairMQMessageZMQ.cxx
index 39cdb38d..a30fd67f 100644
--- a/fairmq/zeromq/FairMQMessageZMQ.cxx
+++ b/fairmq/zeromq/FairMQMessageZMQ.cxx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * FairMQMessageZMQ.cxx
  *
  * @since 2012-12-05
- * @author: D. Klein, A. Rybalchenko
+ * @author D. Klein, A. Rybalchenko
  */
 
 #include <cstdlib>
diff --git a/fairmq/zeromq/FairMQMessageZMQ.h b/fairmq/zeromq/FairMQMessageZMQ.h
index 792bab9e..fc6a4a99 100644
--- a/fairmq/zeromq/FairMQMessageZMQ.h
+++ b/fairmq/zeromq/FairMQMessageZMQ.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  * FairMQMessageZMQ.h
  *
  * @since 2014-01-17
- * @author: A. Rybalchenko
+ * @author A. Rybalchenko
  */
 
 #ifndef FAIRMQMESSAGEZMQ_H_